SUNDAY INDEPENDENT QUIZWORD No321

We are offering a €50 book token to three Sunday Independent readers with this quizword, compiled by John Murphy

ACROSS:

1. Six-legged emblem of Manchester. (6,3) 8. Which exotic bird featured in Guinness ads for

50 years? (6) 9. Popular name for US five-cent coin. (6) 10. Irish hurdler who came fourth in his final at last

summer’s Rio Olympics. (4) 12. Morten Harket is the singer in which group? (1,2) 13. Which singer became known as “the Forces’

Sweetheart” during World War II? (4) 16. Which capital city will host Tuesday’s Real

Madrid vs Man United Super Cup game? (6) 17. Which engineer came second in the 2002 BBC

poll to find the Greatest Ever Briton? (6) 18. Approximately. (2,2) 21. What is the name of the computer in 2001: A

Space Odyssey? (3) 22. US-based sports TV network. (1,1,1,1) 24. What is the capital of Cuba? (6) 25. Term for a group of geese. (6) 26. Who was recently announced as Peter Capaldi’s

successor in Doctor Who? (9)

DOWN:

2. Sesame Street’s bin-dwelling “grouch”. (5) 3. Which town is located at the junction of the Ring

of Kerry and the Ring of Beara? (7) 4. Party founded by Lucinda Creighton. (5) 5. Microsoft’s spreadsheet application. (5) 6. Spanish painter of The Third Of May, 1808. (4) 7. Which English boxer was defeated by Steve

Collins twice in 1996? (4) 10. Popular RTE children’s character of the 80s. (5) 11. Chicken George was a character in which TV

series? (5) 14. Slang for “a long time”. (5) 15. Director of Dunkirk. (5) 17. In which city is Europe’s oldest university? (7) 19. One of Katy Perry’s biggest hits. (4) 20. Healy Park is a GAA ground in which town? (5) 21. Leading international hotel chain. (5) 22. The Skibbereen _____ declared in 1898 that it

“has its eye on the Czar of Russia”. (5) 23. Jarvis Cocker sang in which group? (4) Solutions to Sunday Independent Quizword No 320 ACROSS: 1. Quidditch. 8. Warhol. 9. O’Hagan. 10. Stir. 12. Ray. 13. Toga. 16. Lemass. 17. Defend. 18. Sars. 21. Own. 22. Sawn. 24. O’Grady. 25. Lyndon. 26. Ceausescu. DOWN: 2. Usher. 3. Dolores. 4. Ivory. 5. Coast. 6. Mart. 7. Fang. 10. Silks. 11. Izmir. 14. Opera. 15. Auden. 17. Dungloe. 19. Argo. 20. Shape. 21. Of You. 22. Sonic. 23. Wood. Winners of Sunday Independent Quizword No 320 Laura O’Sullivan, Midleton, Co Cork Anne Nolan, Rivervalley, Swords, Co Dublin Mary Fleming, Rosses Point, Co Sligo